Our Lady Star of the Sea Ocean Grove

Our Lady Star of the Sea

Morton+Co Architects recently completed the Multi-Purpose Hall and Learning Centre at Our Lady Star of the Sea located in Ocean Grove.

The multi-purpose hall provides a light filled space for sport and physical education, whole school gatherings and class activities, opening to an artificial surface basketball court via hanger doors. Four General Purpose Learning areas are located within the centre, including breakout spaces, storage facilities and amenities. These welcoming spaces provide an engaging environment for flexible learning in alignment with the pedagogical approach of the school.

PROJECT DETAILS
CLIENT
Our Lady Star of the Sea
LOCATION
Ocean Grove, Victoria
COMPLETION
2022

Daylesford Secondary College

Daylesford Secondary College

With extensive experience working within the education sector, Daylesford College is an excellent example of Morton+Co Architects building a long term client relationship.

From the developing the initial Daylesford College Masterplan, Morton+Co has worked with Daylesford College on several projects over the years, including staged developments and new construction works. Larger scale projects at the College include Stage 1 + 2, the Year 9 Learning Centre and Building D.

PROJECT DETAILS
CLIENT
VSBA
LOCATION
Daylesford, Victoria
COMPLETION
2015

Clonard College – Brigidine Centre

Clonard College – Brigidine Centre

The Clonard College Brigidine Centre aims to develop a sense of respect and responsibility for one’s surrounding through a modern and flexible learning space that is intuitively connected with the environment.

Having replaced the existing single storey library building, the centre now provides accessible and integrated Student Services, Library and Learning Centre, connected to the existing Year 10 building.

The Brigidine Centre is comprised of student welfare, Integration, careers, student leadership, library spaces with break-out / tutorial areas, quiet study spaces, open plan learning, IT offices, AV offices, general purpose learning areas, staff offices and general amenities.

PROJECT DETAILS
CLIENT
Clonard College
LOCATION
Herne Hill, Geelong
COMPLETION
2018

Ballarat Grammar Junior School

Ballarat Grammar Junior School

The Ballarat Grammar School Year 5/6 C Building provides a place to gather and connect the Grade 5 and 6 communities.

The new building provides a range of connected and flexible learning spaces including, spaces for quiet focused study, small group collaboration, formal and informal common learning, varying scales of gallery spaces, as well as communal gathering for special events.

Visibility and transparency between a variety of learning areas has been emphasized to help build connections within the learning communities in support of inquiry and exploration.

The project aims to empower both staff and students through enabling flexibility and customisation of the learning experience in a way that is most conducive to a range of learning styles and needs.

PROJECT DETAILS
CLIENT
Ballarat Grammar
LOCATION
Ballarat, Victoria
COMPLETION
2018

Performing Arts Centre

Trinity College Colac – Jubilee Performing Arts Centre

The Jubilee Performing Arts Facility was designed to reflect the growing need for the development of a modern educational centre for the Music and Performing Arts /Drama curriculum, and to replace current relocatable modular buildings.

The Jubilee Centre is an innovative, contextual architectural solution addressing the needs of the College’s education requirements, integrating and respecting the site surrounds, while also being an accessible and vibrant central educational hub.

The design features a welcoming, friendly and inviting learning and performance atmosphere, with a central space and flexible areas for a range of learning and performance activities. The theatre includes retractable seating for flexible use of the performance space.

The Centre is also comprised of drama rooms and associated change rooms, amenities, music rooms, tutorial rooms, staffroom, foyer and storage.

PROJECT DETAILS
CLIENT
Trinity College
LOCATION
Colac, Victoria
COMPLETION
2017

St Josephs Resource Centre

St Josephs Resource Centre

The St Joseph’s Resource Centre was designed to meet the growing need for a modern educational centre for the Library, IT, Careers, Media and study areas, replacing relocatable modular buildings.

The centre features a welcoming, friendly and inviting atmosphere, with a central space and flexible areas for a range of learning activities.

The design is an innovative, contextual architectural solution addressing the needs of the College’s education requirements, integrating and respecting the site surrounds, while also being a universally accessible and vibrant central educational hub. Since opening, the centre has become a hive of activity and learning.

PROJECT DETAILS
CLIENT
Trinity, College
LOCATION
Colac, Victoria
COMPLETION
2020

ACU Catherine of Siena Centre

ACU Catherine of Siena Centre

The Ballarat Campus of the Australian Catholic University is an exemplar of a thriving University Campus located within a significant heritage precinct.

The Catherine of Siena Centre is the Ripon Street presentation of ACU in Ballarat. The project has transformed what was a depleted and incomplete streetscape into one that reflects the important architectural, historical, educational and cultural contribution that the University makes to Ballarat.

The Centre effectively links four existing heritage buildings into a seamless, integrated educational facility, which in turn is linked to the main campus via the vibrant eastern entry.

This project was effectively Stage 1 of the Masterplan developed with ACU for the Ballarat Campus.

As winner of the 2017 Ballarat Heritage Award for Adaptive Reuse of a Heritage Place, the innovative design has created vibrant administration, amenities, meeting and function spaces for the Schools of Education, Arts and Theology + Philosophy.

PROJECT DETAILS
CLIENT
ACU
LOCATION
Ballarat, Victoria
COMPLETION
2016
AWARDS
Winner of the 2017 Ballarat Heritage Award for Adaptive Reuse of a Heritage Place